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Show WEEKLY REFLEX U;,0 Nl.yS JOURNAL, MARCH 30 1978 Davis r.lanta! fleaiili Eiipion Suniva! Training Eippiment the.r hves weie taking, was the culrmra non of the survival experiment After re turning, the 10 juveniles met with p meets, juvenile court judges and school of it la's in a dress up affair on Monday By ROSELYN KIRK FARMINGTON - A survival training experiment is being explored by Davis County Family and Commun t Menta, Health as an alternative to he p youth who might otherwise be sent to the Youth Development Center in Ogden AUSTIN Chiles, clinical pxytlul g st who works with troubled youth at the First District Juvenile Court m mirgton said that two Davis you'h, age 16 and 17 have just returned from the 2tvday survival training experiment and he "is most excited" by the results He pointed out that First District Juvenile Court Judge L Kent Bachman bel.eves that rehabilitation of juveni'es is essential Therefore, like other juven 'e court judges he is reluctant to send youth the Youth Development Center in Og far n ghi MR. CHILES hopes the Division of family Services (DkS) wil make urvival experience another alternative ava, table to juvenile auh irities to use as a te rehabilitation tool It costs $12!0 a month to keep a juven, le m the Youth Development Center in Og- "where there are less potentially The survival positive effects den cost of the experiment costs $5J experiment just completed this weekend was paid bv parents and by the DFS who funded it as a pilot experience 1 den Other alternative programs are preferable and for this reason the Division of Family Serv ices (Df S ) is exploring tbe possibility of the survival training experiment as a rehabilitation service MR. CHILES said that 10 youth two from Davis County, just returned from the 26 day experience in the desert near Boulder and Escalante During this sur vival training they -- re supervised by six survival exjx-rtwho taught them how to live off the land with only a wool blanket, s the clothes they had on, a coat and a pocket knife During this experience, the youth ' learn to confront themselves," Mr Chiles said As a clinical psychologist Mr Chiles evaluated the youth based on psychological testing which shows seif esteem and attitude prior to the experience and directly after They wiH be evaluated again in two months, Mr Chiles said ALTHOLGH the youth learn to live of the land by learning to eat roots, they are also given rations of flour, oatmeal raisins, brown sugar, cracked wheat and strawberry jam During the first 20 days they hiked 25 to 30 miles a day in the hot sun and repelled down a 100 fixit cliff to find water Success m these activities leads to change their feelings in self esteem and concepts about themselves, Mr Chiles said All of the ten youth who were a part of the experience had different problems Most couldnt adopt to school Others were involved with alcohol and drug problems or had committed burglary or car thefts During the survival exercise if one stole food from another he would be punished by spending three nights without his blanket and having no food for the same length of time AT THE END of the 20 days, Mr Chiles and Darrell Moses, a Salt lake Citv clinical psychologist, went into the area to hold a seminar Dr Moses sat with a sheer cliff behind him and talked to the youth about prin cipals for successful living and discussed relationships with parents They listened much better than they would have lis tened in the office, Mr Chiles said THE VALUES of using time wisely, peer relationships and self esteem were topics They learned how to implement the changes they found in themselves as a result of the experience, Mr Chiles said After the seminar, the two psychologists talked to each of the youth individually about how these changes could be con tinued as behavior patterns when they returned home A three-da- y solo experience where the youth spent two days and three nights in meditation, thinking about the direction NOYY THAT the youth have returned from the survival experience, they will continue to learn to integrate their experiences in their lives through five or six seminars The sessions are planned to help the youth maintain the self confidence they have gaimd during the stm.nar "Self confidence doesn't lead to destructive behavior, Mr Chiles said In must cases K is the lac k of st If confidence that leads to vouth problc ms Mr ( hiles is aware of the problems of i jf youth in Davis County sme he spends half of his time with the tuvenile court in N- f- $ counseling, and consulting and half of his time working with youth in the Davis ( ounty mental health program he center is expanding the youth ser-v- i es program m the county through the wmx of two full time therapists, in addi- - evaluating 1 on to Mr C h le s THE COORDINATOR of the program is Davp Peterson at the lavton Mental Health office John Moyes, therapist at the Bountiful office, is another member of the team A child psychiatrist will be available to help the three member team provide comprehensive youth services m the county by the end of the summer, Mr C hdes said The mental health center piesently is running a series of groups to help kids on probation to the court IN THE BOUNTIFLL mental health center an experimental group therapy session was conducted where youth, after several sessions, met with prisoners at the Utah State prison "The life of crime lost its appeal for the kids because they found out first hand that it was not glamorous It Icxiks masculine and exest ing, but it lost its appeal with the first hand experience, according to Mr Chiles Mr Chiles joined the Davis County Mental Health organization last May He graduated from BYU with a B S in 1972 He worked at Utah State Hospital, the BYU psychological clinic, completed an internship at the Veteran's Admmistra Hon Hospital in Salt Lake and at the Southeastern Colorado Mental Health (enter before accepting the position in Davis County He is presently a Ph D candidate in clinical psychology GHACIED STEEPLE BAS r By GARY R BIODGITT Lightnmg put on a spectacular show for Davis County residents last Thurs day night but it also did some damage LAYTON IN LAYTON, lightning struck the- - steeple of an LDs (hurch at 7X9 Wasatch Drive, causing the metal pinnacle to peel like a banana If it hadn t been for the lightning rod in the steeple, this building would nothing but a pile of be rubble, said custodian Lverette Carter It s hard to conceive what would have happened HE SAID that despite the three quarter inch rod, used for grounding electrical current, the current passed completely through the build from door to door (uirent a'so went down the water pipes on the inner walls of tl e building, causing a kak in the P'pe near the main hall wcur fountain "I DON'T know what we said w,!l eventually find Mr Carter "Things keep popping up every day W e ve got a dozen minor repairs to make already Climbing atop the chapd Mr Carter found that the lightning bolt apparently struck at the base of the steeple, knocking a large hole nd loosening the foundation of the steeple I DON'T know whe the r or not they can patch this or if a new steeple will have to be built, he said exiting through along the walls, jumping MR. CARTFR said the electrical system throughout the build, ng didn t appt ar to the siorape shed A tour of the building showed that char marks run Tt dsrupted tut U sv-- n m used 1 soui d Sund ly as only the aste hampered pedum microphori' w- -s two before ghining struck he said ' Anyone leaning against a door at the time probably w vuld hive been ekx tnxuted " he I i ,e working The lights all stem to lie okav and the furnace was not damaged he si d Put the telephone system was completely knocked out since the bolt exited through the telephone box in the storage pom rippmg the box l h i Carte r Put to ru - s, doll os y THF custodian nuitd that although windows were shat tc red in about a dozen homes in the neighborhood of the church none of the windows in the chajxl were broken Police lieutenant Morton off 'he wall Sparks, who lives adjacent to the church, was watching the lightning exhibit'on and saw that the c h ipe had been hit HE SAID it is fortunate that no one was in the building at the time the shining bolt stiuek prnbtbly about 9 45 t ivi wit for huiu'im. of u iN lo dcurmme ixuni of dain ige and cost of it ( urs said Mr li V, i Churl 1 T HE T01D Mr Carter that he drove to the church and shined his car spotlight atop the building, noticing that the steeple had been stuck by hid a priesthood group chapel and a social gathering in another pait of the building only an hour or U e m the- - lightning sruck L by DS ght ning the first txing ntarlv destroyed by tire T hat d ast be fort hapjx nndmgl t on J a y 25 h in when gl tning struck the r I Lavton w ird Inciu j lbout one mile north (4 the tore m to be qe thousand the st c ond AX YY chajxl ct d mi op r U ( on Vyas ite h HR1 strot dt strut ivi 1) d mosi of that build ng only tl e w lls were left standing That in 1908 building had no lightning rexl of CELLULOSE INSULATION ONE OF his first patients at the Davis Mental Health Center was a 15 year old having adjustment problems at home The boy barricaded himself in his room and threatened to kill himself Mr Chiles the youth go on a survival experience That was a positive encounter It was through this experience that Mr Chiles learned the value of the survival tech mque He is hopeful that DFS will set up more experiences on a pilot program in the months to come "That will give us some subjective idea about whether the he said program is working tea pit w rn The upper half the steeple was torn awav to resemble a peeled banina " mg junpjng from one place to another-an- d if damage m htre lightning struck Lightning bolt traveled tt (nrbout (hql but (auscsl only minor dari igt tbuiili custodian Kvcutte Clark examines - 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